GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| occident | west |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |